#38BA98#38BA98

#38BA98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.122 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA98
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 152)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 18.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -43.13, 7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 43.72, 170.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.1211 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.122 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8544, 38.2227, 35.7675)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA98 #BA385A

analogous

#38BA57 #38BA98 #389BBA

triadic

#38BA98 #9838BA #BA9838

tetradic

#38BA98 #5738BA #BA385A #9BBA38

square

#38BA98 #5738BA #BA385A #9BBA38

split-complementary

#38BA98 #BA389B #BA5738

monochromatic

#1C5C4B #2A8B72 #38BA98 #60CFB2 #8FDDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38BA98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#38BA98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA98

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA98	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.122 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb6',
    500: '#38ba98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba98;
$custom-light: #80cfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71036,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA98

secondary

#C88697

accent

#4B71DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA98

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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